Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To use a single but important example , it is the difference between looking at the Great War as an event which centred around the policies and machinations of politicians and generals , or one which impinged upon the lives of ordinary people . |
| 2 | By English law , it was the father 's nationality which passed to the child and Michael Joyce had renounced his British citizenship long before . |
| 3 | Regularly employed on missions abroad , he was also closely involved with the king 's attempt to secure the bishopric of Durham for Henry 's brother Louis [ q.v. ] , which led to the capture and ransoming of both the Beaumonts by Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , the court 's leading opponent , in 1317 . |
| 4 | The recreation of a Colorado militia cavalry unit 's massacre of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek in November 1864 that climaxed Ralph Nelson 's Soldier Blue ( 1970 ) was intended to be a direct reference to the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 which led to the court-martial and imprisonment of Lt William Calley . |
| 5 | In conjunction with considerable manual dexterity derived in part from the ability to oppose thumb and index finger which man shares with the gelada baboon and presumably derives from the same source ( picking up small objects of the diet ) , the adoption of an upright posture created the right conditions for the final emancipation of the hand from locomotion and set man on the path which led to the invention and use of tools and to material culture in general . |
| 6 | But they forgot about him as soon as he disappeared out of sight down the steps which led to the promenade and beach . |
| 7 | The Council will not on such an application for readmission review , annul or amend the decision of the Disciplinary Committee which led to the expulsion and which the Council had formally approved . |
| 8 | In the Australian prison the inmates succeeded in setting their buildings on fire , an act which led to the enquiry and the report . |
| 9 | The street was one of those which led into the souk and its lower end was completely blocked by stalls . |
| 10 | They had to dismount and force their way through , past the Conduit and the Tun and up a small alleyway which led into the Bear and Ragged Staff . |
| 11 | He moved into the little kitchen which led from the sitting-room and soon Nelly could hear the tap running . |
| 12 | However , for the most part it was a civilized system which got to the truth and settled many cases fairly and without chicanery . |
| 13 | In particular , we need to know far more about those numerous families which moved from the countryside but which experienced only a hum-drum life in the towns or at best only a modest prosperity . |
| 14 | It was argued earlier that man , a creature with unprepossessing qualities for higher social development , became capable of that development because of traumatic social changes which occurred in the past but whose impact was so immense that they have shaped human nature down to the present and have been the determining influences on the evolution of culture , whose function , by and large , is the transmission of the consequences of these primal , traumatic experiences to subsequent generations in the form of ego , and , most especially , superego , development . |
| 15 | This proposal is , I believe , the most effective way to ensure that electoral fraud of the kind which occurred in the Transport and General Workers Union is not repeated . |
| 16 | For five months , Marina has called the cellar home , ever since Serbian soldiers lobbed grenades which crashed through the roof and blew apart her parents ' flat . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , I fell on the gravel , severely grazing my knee and , what was worse , ruining one of my two pairs of stockings — nasty rayon objects which sagged at the knees and cost precious clothing coupons . |
| 18 | Procles was using his wits in the sort of intellectual games — rationalistic interpretations of myths , comparisons of popular military leaders — which appealed to the Greek and Roman public . |
| 19 | He sat at his desk , huddled in his great cloak , oblivious to the cold draughts which came under the door or through the cracks in the wooden shutters on the window . |
| 20 | During the Second World War , when cattle food supplies were necessarily restricted so that the supposedly early maturing breeds were deprived of some of their rations , it was the Devon and the related Sussex which came to the fore and proved that , even under difficult conditions , they were able to produce good beef quickly . |
| 21 | He waited until their faces reached a satisfactory degree of indignation then , over the next half hour , his low north-country voice spun out a story which revealed that political interests in the United States had channelled money through MacQuillan 's companies to enable him to acquire the Post ( or any other major British newspaper which came on the market and could be turned into a propaganda tool ) . |
| 22 | He currently has a Triumph which came from the U.S.A. and is used for ‘ gentle ’ classic car rallying . |
| 23 | The best case in point is the publication of the DTI report into the Blue Arrow affair which came before the arrest and subsequent charging of the 11 defendants . |
| 24 | Some of the damage was done by the thousands of casks of rum which were stored in the town , and which exploded in the heat and caught fire immediately . |
| 25 | Durkheim felt that these tasks should be performed by groups — such as professions and other occupational groups — which intermediated between the individual and the state . |
| 26 | Two large cooling towers beside the river mark a power station at the end of the disused Barnsley Canal which linked with the Dearne & Dove Canal , a significant portion still being present and restoration helping to improve its prospects . |
| 27 | She put on a coat , took down her walking cane which hung behind the door and then we left . |
| 28 | Her room was lit by a single naked bulb which hung from the ceiling and shone harshly on Ellen who was standing in the doorway of her tiny bathroom . |
| 29 | Like the hon. Gentleman , I well recall the Second Reading debate of the Shops Bill 1986 which followed upon the discussions and deliberations of the Auld committee which , since as long ago as 1985 , had been engaged in a series of debates about Sunday trading . |
| 30 | For all these reasons , the education of women came in the category of voluntaristic innovations strongly desired by government — into the category of social improvements which relied on the example and inspiration of individuals . |